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HPE Slingshot QuickSpecs

 

A modern high-performance interconnect for HPC and AI clusters

HPE Slingshot delivers industry leading performance, bandwidth, and low latency for HPC, AI/ML, and data analytics applications. It is Cray's 8th generation interconnect architecture with unique and powerful innovations engineered from the silicon up to combine the best of a high-performance supercomputing-class interconnect with Ethernet interoperability. This enables a unified high-performing cluster that delivers great performance on both traditional modeling and simulation codes alongside native sockets-based applications, and with direct Ethernet connectivity to storage without requiring gateway nodes.

 

 

Beyond raw speed (25.6 Tbps of bidirectional bandwidth per switch and 200 Gbps endpoints), HPE Slingshot dramatically controls loaded latency, the true determinant of realized performance on tightly coupled HPC and AI workloads. Innovative congestion management reduces tail latency and run-to-run execution time variability, and fine-grained adaptive routing ensures high utilization of the bandwidth available.

 

With HPE Slingshot, the same interconnect in the world's most powerful supercomputers can now be deployed across a wide spectrum of HPC and AI/ML clusters based on HPE Apollo, HPE ProLiant, and HPE Cray XD server systems. This document focuses on standalone HPE Slingshot components, systems, and software for such clusters. For information about HPE Slingshot blades and elements used in HPE Cray Supercomputing EX systems, please refer to the Cray EX QuickSpecs. In addition, please refer to the Supplemental Configuration and Integration Guide for in-depth guidance on designing and implementing HPC and AI/ML clusters with HPE Slingshot.


HPE Slingshot Highlights

High Bandwidth and Low Latency

HPE Slingshot switches provide 25.6 Tbps of bi-directional bandwidth with 64 ports each capable of 200 Gbps, delivering high bandwidth and low latency simultaneously, overcoming traditional Ethernet approaches to buffering and error handling that result in queueing latency and hinder low-latency RDMA applications.

 

Automatic Congestion Management

The HPE Slingshot network uniquely addresses the congestion challenges of short-lived, small packet flows typical in HPC applications. In hardware, each switch detects congestion, identifies its causes, and provides real-time feedback to its peers. The system distinguishes perpetrators from victims of injection and limits the injection rate from the perpetrator until congestion clears.

 

Fine-Grained Adaptive Routing

HPE Slingshot tracks real-time information on load across each switch-to-switch path, and dynamically re-routes traffic to balance load (rather than sticking only to a predetermined path) to improve network performance and bandwidth utilization. Uniquely, HPE Slingshot's adaptive routing decisions are made on a packet-by-packet basis for unordered traffic, or a flow-by-flow basis for protocols (like TCP/IP) requiring ordered delivery.

 

Quality of Service

HPE Slingshot supports highly configurable quality-of-service (QoS) that provides the ability to control how network bandwidth is allocated to different classes of traffic and applications.

 

Low-Diameter Network

The high-radix 64-port HPE Slingshot switches enable low-diameter topologies to reduce the quantity of network equipment, cabling, power and cooling costs. The initial topology offered is a 3-hop dragonfly topology based on a mesh of all-to-all that further reduces latency and improves sustained bandwidth and reliability. Fine-grained adaptive routing and congestion management virtually eliminate any locality concerns related to job placement and storage-connectivity in the topology.

 

Ethernet Standards

The HPE Slingshot system interconnect implements a full range of Ethernet standards, with hardware support focusing on the data movement protocols, IPv4 and IPv6 in particular.


HPE Slingshot for HPC Clusters consists of the following elements:

 

HPE Slingshot Top-of-Rack Switch

Based on HPE-designed silicon, the high-performance HPE Slingshot switch provides 64-ports at 200 Gbps each for 25.6 Tbps of bidirectional bandwidth. Ports are configured either as edge ports for connectivity to supported Ethernet NICs or external routers at 100GE or 200GE, or as 200 Gbps fabric ports that link the switches together with enhanced resiliency and performance.

 

HPE Slingshot Network Interface Card

The HPE Slingshot Network Interface Card provides a single port of 200 Gbps connectivity to PCI-Express Gen 4-based host systems. It is based on HPE-designed silicon and is qualified in select HPE Apollo, HPE ProLiant, and HPE Cray XD servers. The HPE Slingshot NIC features high performance RDMA and extensive hardware acceleration for MPI and SHMEM based software. These HPC optimized features are exposed to software applications using the Libfabrics API interface for RDMA software. Additionally, the NIC supports a broad range of host software natively using the Linux "sockets" interface for IP software.

 

HPE Slingshot also supports select 100 Gbps and 200 Gbps standard-based Ethernet adapters as an alternative option.

 

Cables

HPE Slingshot cables are designed and validated to reliably support the demanding signaling speed used in 200 Gbps links. Copper cables support shorter lengths, and Active Optical Cables provide connectivity up to 100 m.

 

HPE Slingshot Fabric Management Suite software

The fabric manager provides configuration, monitoring, control, and networking functions for the entire HPE Slingshot network. This software runs on a standard ProLiant server (or a redundant pair of servers) and connects to the switches using the cluster's out-of-band management network.


HPE Slingshot Top-of-Rack Switch

The HPE Slingshot Switch is streamlined from the silicon-level up for the highest throughput to minimize queueing latency, which is the main contributor to latency in practice. Optimizations ensure performance and reliability for the small granularity messages common in latency-sensitive HPC and AI workloads. For example, optimizations on links between switches reduce packet overheads and eliminate end-to-end timeouts and retransmissions that otherwise hinder use of Ethernet for latency sensitive applications. Meanwhile, adaptive routing and congestion control between switches ensure bandwidth is used extremely efficiently.

 

Each HPE Slingshot top of rack switch (TOR) contains 1 HPE Slingshot switch ASIC and supplies sixty-four 200 Gbps ports via 32 QSFP double density (QSFP-DD) connectors in a 1U 19" standard rack-mount form factor chassis. Each QSFP-DD physical port can provide either 2 x 100 Gbps or 2 x 200 Gbps network links. Ports can be configured to connect to HPE Slingshot switches or to edge devices including select HPE or 3rd party enterprise Ethernet switches or supported NICs. Redundant N+1 hot swappable power supplies and fans ensure availability. Management and monitoring operations utilize the cluster's out-of-band management network.


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Ordering Information

SKU

HPE Slingshot 200Gb 64-port QSFP-DD 1U Switch

R4K41B


HPE Slingshot 200 Gbps NIC

The HPE Slingshot SA210S Ethernet 200 GB 1-port PCIe NIC works with the HPE Slingshot Top-of-Rack Switches in supported HPE Apollo, ProLiant, and Cray XD rack servers. It delivers supercomputing-class performance on challenging latency-sensitive HPC codes without compromise while also running standard IP applications using native Ethernet IP protocols. The card supports either QSFP-56 200 Gbps (4×50 Gbps PAM 4) and QSFP-28 100 Gbps (4 x 25 Gbps NRZ) Ethernet standard connectivity.

 

Many features accelerate HPC and AI performance. MPI message matching offload overlaps communications and compute and frees up host memory bandwidth and CPU resources. The NIC reduces compute overhead for GPU initiated communications by allowing the host CPU to set up operations that the GPU can trigger asynchronously. The efficient command launch mechanism reduces latency by receiving and pipelining commands without reading host memory. And a reliable delivery mechanism detects packet loss and enables end-to-end retry in hardware to reduce software overhead.

 

Some HPE Slingshot fabric capabilities are extended to the NIC-to-switch port link when using the HPE Slingshot NIC versus industry standard NICs including enhanced link resiliency and fine-grained flow control. The latter helps the automatic congestion apply stiff backpressure to the specific flow causing congestion which delivers granularity over backpressure to the entire port.

 

The HPE Slingshot NIC exposes RDMA and HPC optimized features to software using the Libfabric software interface.


 

Ordering Information:

Consult HPE Slingshot for HPC Clusters reference architecture information for supported host systems.

 

SKU

HPE Slingshot SA210S Ethernet 200Gb 1-port PCIe NIC

R4K46A


HPE Slingshot Fabric Management Suite

The HPE Slingshot Fabric Management Suite provides the management, control, and network functions and is required to configure and operate the HPE Slingshot network. The software is installed on a standard server that communicates with the switches via a 1 or 10 Gbps management network. This separation of data and control planes allows for independent reliable data transfers and management operations. All network management traffic is encrypted with switch-based certificates.

The Fabric Management Suite supports comprehensive health checking, monitoring and logging, performance profiling, and diagnostics that assure high performance with high availability and effective operational processes. Event, error, and counter data is gathered from all the switches in the network. Open documented APIs and a scriptable command line interface allow for integration with cluster management and network monitoring tools. All of these APIs support AuthN based on client certificates.

Scaling, efficiency, and performance of management and operations are achieved via a hierarchical distributed control plane design. Multiple Fabric Management Suite nodes can optionally operate in an Active/Standby mode to deliver a high-availability configuration.



 

Ordering Information:

Consult HPE Slingshot for HPC Clusters reference architecture information for current details on supported host systems and recommended configurations.

 

Models

SKU

HPE Slingshot Fabric Manager E-RTU

R6M77AAE

HPE Slingshot Fabric Manager FIO Software

R6M78A


HPE Slingshot Cables

HPE validates HPE Slingshot cables to ensure reliability and performance running up to 200 Gbps with the switch and supported adapters. Because HPE Slingshot switches use double density ports, each QSFP-DD cable-end carries two 200 Gbps links, often reducing the total cable count to deploy. HPE offers both copper and Active Optical (AOC) cables with various lengths. However, certain restriction may apply for using copper cables for switch-to-switch or switch-to-adapter connections. Consult reference architectures for specific wiring guidelines that must be followed for proper operation.


For the most up-to-date information on HPE Services, please refer to the HPE Services - Supplemental QuickSpecs, which provides a comprehensive and regularly updated overview of available services.

Each HPE Slingshot network is a custom tuned network configuration to achieve the best price/performance. Please contact your Hewlett Packard Enterprise representative for requirements to configure the solution correctly and for recent additions and details on supported configurations.

 

HPE strongly recommends HPE supplied rack-level integration of HPE Slingshot-based clusters.

 

HPE Slingshot Switch

SKU

HPE Slingshot 200Gb 64-port QSFP-DD 1U Switch

R4K41B

- 64 QSFP-DD ports externally managed switch

- 2 (1+1) Power supplies

- 2 Power cords, 1.5 m, C13-C14

- 5 (N+1) Fan Units

- Sliding rail rackmount kit

 


Network Interface Cards

HPE Slingshot for Apollo and DL Clusters currently supports the following Network Interface cards:

HPE Slingshot SA210S Ethernet 200Gb 1-port PCIe NIC

R4K46A


HPE Slingshot for Apollo, ProLiant, and Cray XD HPC Clusters currently supports the following compute node servers:

- HPE Apollo 2000 and 6500 Gen 10+ based on AMD processors

- HPE ProLiant DL 325 Gen 10+ based on AMD processors

- HPE ProLiant DL 385 Gen10+ based on AMD processors

- HPE ProLiant DL345 Gen11 based on AMD processors

- HPE Cray XD2000 models with choice of Intel or AMD processors


Topologies

HPE Slingshot supports "dragonfly" network topologies that ensure great bandwidth using low-cost electrical links for most of the connections. Ports on every switch are configured either as downlinks that connect to server endpoints, "intra-group" links that connect to other switches in the dragonfly group, and "inter-group" links (or "global" links) that connect each group to all the other groups. Group size is chosen based on factors such as the maximum system size, the desired scalable unit(s) for building and expanding the cluster, density and rack size impact to the economic tradeoffs between switches and optical cables, and preferences such as physical grouping, placement of resources, and cable routing policies.

 

Note that groups of different sizes can be assembled into a single cluster. In addition, clusters with 64 or fewer endpoints can be supported with a single switch.

 

# of switches per group

Scalable Unit

Maximum Size

Max hops between nodes

1 switch

32 endpoints

544 endpoints

2

2 switches

32 endpoints

1056 endpoints

3

4 switches

64 endpoints

3136 endpoints

3

8 switches

128 endpoints

10,368 endpoints

3

16 switches

256 endpoints

37,120 endpoints

3


Cabling

Validated Direct Attach Copper (DAC) and Active Optical (AOC) cables are available in a wide range of lengths. While copper cables are offered in lengths up to 3 meters, consult the Supplemental Configuration and Integration Guide for specific switch port wiring guidelines that must be followed in order to incorporate supported lengths for passive copper cables.

 

When connecting switches to NIC cards in compute nodes or to edge routers that have QSFP connectors, edge (or "Y") cables are used to split the QSFP-DD connector on the switch into two independent QSFP endpoints. Copper "Y" cables will work at for both 200 Gbps and 100 Gbps QSFP endpoints. For AOC "Y" cables, specific SKUs support either 100 Gbps (QSFP-28) or 200 Gbps (QSFP-56) endpoints. (See reference architectures for tested edge router cabling compatibility).

In some topologies, bifurcated (or "H") cables connect two double-density physical connections to two other double-density physical connections while crossing over individual 200 Gbps links.


HPE Slingshot Switch to NIC (QSFP-DD to QSFP "Y") Cables

Copper Cables

SKU

HPE Slingshot L0 QSFP-DD 2x QSFP56 1m Splitter Cable

R4K54A

HPE Slingshot L0 QSFP-DD 2x QSFP56 1.5m Splitter Cable

R4K55A

HPE Slingshot L0 QSFP-DD 2x QSFP56 2m Splitter Cable

R4K56A

HPE Slingshot L0 QSFP-DD 2x QSFP56 2.5m Splitter Cable

R4K57A

HPE Slingshot L0 QSFP-DD 2x QSFP56 3m Splitter Cable

R6P07A

 

 

Active Optical Cables

SKU

HPE Slingshot LO QSFP-DD 2x QSFP56 4m Splitter Active Optical Cable

R6F19A

HPE Slingshot LO QSFP-DD 2x QSFP56 10m Splitter Active Optical Cable 

R6F20A

HPE Slingshot LO QSFP-DD 2x QSFP56 4m Analog Splitter Active Optical Cable

R7N25A

HPE Slingshot LO QSFP-DD 2x QSFP56 10m Analog Splitter Active Optical Cable

R7N26A

HPE Slingshot LO QSFP-DD 2x QSFP56 30m Analog Splitter Active Optical Cable

R7N27A

HPE Slingshot L0 QSFP-DD to 2x QSFP56 50m Analog Splitter Active Optical Cable

R8G02A

HPE Slingshot L0 2x100Gb QSFP-DD to 2x QSFP28 5m Splitter Active Optical Cable

R7T63A

HPE Slingshot L0 2x100Gb QSFP-DD to 2x QSFP28 10m Splitter Active Optical Cable

R7T64A

HPE Slingshot L0 2x100Gb QSFP-DD to 2x QSFP28 30m Splitter Active Optical Cable

R7T65A

HPE Slingshot L0 2x100Gb QSFP-DD to 2x QSFP28 50m Splitter Active Optical Cable

R8G03A

 

 

HPE Slingshot Straight-Through (QSFP-DD to QSFP-DD) Cables

 

Copper Cables

SKU

HPE Slingshot L1 QSFP-DD 0.4m Straight Cable

R4K58A

HPE Slingshot L1 QSFP-DD 0.8m Straight Cable

R4K59A

HPE Slingshot L1 QSFP-DD 1.2m Straight Cable

R4K60A

HPE Slingshot L1 QSFP-DD 1.4m Straight Cable

R4K61A

HPE Slingshot L1 QSFP-DD 1.6m Straight Cable

R4K62A

HPE Slingshot L1 QSFP-DD 1.9m Straight Cable

R4K63A

HPE Slingshot L1 QSFP-DD 2.1m Straight Cable

R4K64A

HPE Slingshot L1 QSFP-DD 2.4m Straight Cable

R4K65A

HPE Slingshot L1 QSFP-DD 2.6m Straight Cable

R4K66A

HPE Slingshot L1 QSFP-DD 2.9m Straight Cable

R4K67A

 

 

Analog Active Optical Cables

SKU

HPE Slingshot L2 QSFP-DD 5m Analog Active Optical Cable

R4K78A

HPE Slingshot L2 QSFP-DD 7m Analog Active Optical Cable

R4K79A

HPE Slingshot L2 QSFP-DD 10m Analog Active Optical Cable

R4K80A

HPE Slingshot L2 QSFP-DD 14m Analog Active Optical Cable

R4K81A

HPE Slingshot L2 QSFP-DD 19m Analog Active Optical Cable

R4K82A

HPE Slingshot L2 QSFP-DD 25m Analog Active Optical Cable

R4K83A

HPE Slingshot L2 QSFP-DD 35m Analog Active Optical Cable

R4K84A

HPE Slingshot L2 QSFP-DD 50m Analog Active Optical Cable

R4K85A

HPE Slingshot L2 QSFP-DD 75m Analog Active Optical Cable

R4K86A

HPE Slingshot L2 QSFP-DD 100m Analog Active Optical Cable

R4K87A

 

Digital Active Optical Cables

SKU

HPE Slingshot L2 QSFP-DD 5m Digital Active Optical Cable

R4K88A

HPE Slingshot L2 QSFP-DD 7m Digital Active Optical Cable

R4K89A

HPE Slingshot L2 QSFP-DD 10m Digital Active Optical Cable 

R4K90A

HPE Slingshot L2 QSFP-DD 14m Digital Active Optical Cable 

R4K91A

HPE Slingshot L2 QSFP-DD 19m Digital Active Optical Cable 

R4K92A

HPE Slingshot L2 QSFP-DD 25m Digital Active Optical Cable 

R4K93A

HPE Slingshot L2 QSFP-DD 35m Digital Active Optical Cable 

R4K94A

HPE Slingshot L2 QSFP-DD 50m Digital Active Optical Cable 

R4K95A

HPE Slingshot L2 QSFP-DD 75m Digital Active Optical Cable 

R4K96A

HPE Slingshot L2 QSFP-DD 100m Digital Active Optical Cable

R4K97A

 

 

HPE Slingshot Bifurcated (QSFP-DD to QSFP-DD "H") Cables

 

Copper Cables

SKU

HPE Slingshot L1 QSFP-DD 0.8m Bifurcated Cable

R4K68A

HPE Slingshot L1 QSFP-DD 1.2m Bifurcated Cable

R4K69A

HPE Slingshot L1 QSFP-DD 1.4m Bifurcated Cable

R4K70A

HPE Slingshot L1 QSFP-DD 1.6m Bifurcated Cable

R4K71A

HPE Slingshot L1 QSFP-DD 1.9m Bifurcated Cable

R4K72A

HPE Slingshot L1 QSFP-DD 2.1m Bifurcated Cable

R4K73A

HPE Slingshot L1 QSFP-DD 2.3m Bifurcated Cable

R4K74A

HPE Slingshot L1 QSFP-DD 2.6m Bifurcated Cable

R4K75A

HPE Slingshot L1 QSFP-DD 2.9m Bifurcated Cable

R4K77A


 

HPE Slingshot Fabric Management Suite

The HPE Slingshot Fabric Management Suite runs on management nodes using SuSE, Red Hat, or CentOS Linux. The management node connects to each switch using a management network that connects to each switch using the out-of-band 1 Gbps or 10 Gbps management network. The fabric management node should be configured with two 10 Gbps connections to the management network. There is no current requirement to connect the management node to the Slingshot high speed network itself though future software release may enable in-band functionality from the fabric management suite.

 

One software license per HPE Slingshot cluster is required.

 

Consult reference architectures for supported OS versions, hardware reference architectures, and sizing guides.

 

 

Description

SKU

HPE Slingshot Fabric Manager E-RTU

R6M77AAE

HPE Slingshot Fabric Manager FIO Software

R6M78A 

A pre-configured fabric management node hardware SKU is optionally offered to simplify ordering and integration.
(Software must still be ordered separately).

 

Edge Routers

HPE Slingshot switches are validated with select HPE Aruba Networking and other enterprise Ethernet routing switches for connectivity between the HPE Slingshot cluster and external Ethernet networks without use of gateway nodes. This support includes aggregating links from across HPE Slingshot switches into a single wide link aggregation group (LAG). Connections are supported at 100 Gbps (4 lanes of NRZ) or 200 Gbps (4 lanes of PAM 4 encoding). Consult reference architectures for the current list of validated switches and cables.


HPE Slingshot 200 GB 64-port QSFP-DD 1U Switch (R4K41B)

Form factor

1U enclosure for 19" rack, fixed rails included.

Dimensions

1.7 x 19 x 27in (H x W x D) (4.3 cm x 48.3 cm x 68.6 cm)

Weight:

35 lbs (15.88 kg)

Physical connectivity

32 QSFP-DD

Port capability - 200 Gbps

- IEEE 802.3cd/bs (200 Gbps) Ethernet over 4 x 50 Gb/s (PAM-4) lanes

- 200GBASE-SR4, up to 100 m multi-mode fiber

- 200GBASE-CR4, up to 3 m copper cable

Port capability - 100 Gbps

- IEEE 802.3 2018 100 Gbps Ethernet over 4 x 25 Gb/s (NRZ) lanes

- 100GBASE-CR4, 5 m copper cable

- 100GBASE-SR4, 100 m multi-mode fiber

Ethernet

- Optimized Ethernet and HPC Fabric Formats

- Link level retry, low latency FEC

- Lossy and Lossless delivery

- Flow control, 802.1x (PAUS), 802.1p (PFC), credit-based flow control on fabric links, fine grain flow control on host links end edge ports

Quality of Service

- IETF DiffServ or IEEE 802.1p/Q

- Patented hardware congestion management mechanisms

Routing

- Packet-by-packet adaptive routing with real-time feedback on load

- Order-preserving adaptive routing of IP flows

- Traffic class specfic routing

Management ports

1 GB RJ-45, 10 GB RJ-45

Management LEDs

Power and status

Throughput per port

Line rate

Port status

Link and activity

Power and cooling

- Two (1+1 redundant) hot plug power supplies

- Five hot plug fan modules (N + 1 redundant).

- Power 180-264 V - inlet connector IEC320 C-14 10A/250Vac

- 240VAC typical - No 120VAC or 277 VAC support. Frequency 50-60 Hz

- Power draw: 481 W +12.5 W per active optical cable when all fabric ports are attached to compute nodes and running at full bandwidth. Includes fan power, all VR conversion, and copper losses.

- Airflow is from the power supply side to the port connector side.

- 94.5 cfm at 2.6" of water pressure at maximum fan speed with all QSFP-DD cable ports populated

Accoustic

Sounds pressure while operating at maximum fan speed is 73.5 dBA (ISO 7779 bystander method)

Environmentals

Temperature Ranges:

- Maximum operating dry bulb temperature range: 5˚C to 35˚C

- Recommended operating dry bulb temperature: 18˚C to 25˚C

- Maximum non-operating dry bulb temperature range: 5˚C to 45˚C

 

Relative Humidity Specification (for ambient air):

- Maximum operating relative humidity range: 8% (-12C dew point) to 85% non-condensing

- Recommended operating relative humidity range: 30% to 50% non-condensing

- Maximum non-operating relative humidity range: 8% to 80% non-condensing

- Maximum dew point: 27C

Environmentals

Altitude Specifications:

- The following numbers are specified for altitude.

- Maximum operating altitude range: 0ft to 10,000ft or 0 m to 3048 m

- Maximum non-operating altitude range: 0ft to 40,000ft or 0 m to 12,192 m

- Temperature derating with altitude: Max dry bulb must be de-rated by 1° C per 175 m above 900 m (2°F per 638ft over 2953ft)

Electromagnetic Compliance

- EN55032

- EN55035

- Australia/New Zealand: RCM

- Canada: ICES-003 Issue 5

- European Union: CE Mark

- Israel: IS 961 Part 6.01 and 6.02

- Japan: VCCI

- South Korea: KC Mark

- Taiwan: BSMI

- United States: FCC Part 15, Subpart B, Class A

Safety

- IEC 62368-1, Second Edition (as well as the country-specific variants covered by CB report)

- NRTL Certified for United States and Canada

Warranty

- HPE Slingshot For Apollo, ProLiant, and Cray XD Clusters carry a 3-year warranty, On Site, next business day response

- Cables carry a 1-year warranty, parts exchange


 

HPE Slingshot SA210S Ethernet 200 GB 1-port PCIe NIC (R4K46A)

Form factor

PCIe low profile (includes faceplates for full and half-height)

Dimensions

2.713 x 6.60 (H x W) (68.91 mm x 167.64)

Weight:

0.42 lbs (191g)

Physical connectivity

1 QSFP-56 port

Host connectivity

PCIe Gen 4 x16

Port capability - 200 Gbps

IEEE 802.3cd/bs (200 Gbps) Ethernet over 4 x 50 Gbps (PAM-4) lanes

100GBASE-CR4 5 m copper cable

100GBASE-SR4 100 m OM3/OM4 optical cable

50/100/200GBASE-CR4 3 m TwinAx copper cable

Port capability - 100 Gbps

IEEE 802.3 2018 100 Gbps Ethernet over 4 x 25 Gbps (NRZ) lanes

100GBASE-CR4 5 m copper cable

100GBASE-SR4 100 m OM3/OM4 optical cable

50/100/200GBASE-CR4 3 m TwinAx copper cable

Ethernet

Optimized Ethernet and HPC Fabric Formats.

- Support for 32- and 40-byte frame for single word remote memory access operations

Link level retry, low latency FEC

RoCE CRC offload

TCP, checksum

HPC Accelleration

Efficient command launch:

- Commands with immediate data

- Low-latency (write-based) commands

Multi-threaded DMA engine

Packet and connection tracking

Hardware message matching:

- Full offload of MPI message matching with strong progression

- Eager and rendezvous transfers

- Unexpected message handling

High rate Put mechanism

- Increases rate of small Puts and atomic memory operations

Triggered operations

Synchronization and ordering:

- Full events, counting events, flush and fence operations

Address Translation: Large on-chip translation cache

Quality of Service

IETF DiffServ or IEEE 802.1p/Q

Up to four bandwidth shaping classes

Fine grain flow control

Software Interfaces

Linux Drivers including IPv4 and IPv6

Libfabrics

k-fabrics (for LNET)

Port status

Link and activity

Power and cooling

35 W max

18 W typical

Passive air-cooled

Electromagnetic Compliance

EN55032 and EN55035

Australia/New Zealand: RCM

Canada: ICES-003 Issue 5

European Union: CE Mark

Israel: IS 961 Part 6.01 and 6.02

Japan: VCCI

South Korea: KC Mark

Taiwan: BSMI

United States: FCC Part 15, Subpart B

Safety

IEC 60950-1 and IEC62368-1, both Second Edition (as well as the various country-specific variants covered by CB report)

NRTL Certified for United States and Canada

Warranty

The HPE Slingshot NIC is covered by warranty of the HPE Apollo, ProLiant, or Cray XD server into which it has been configured.


 

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Version History

Action

Description of Change

20-Jul-2026

Version 14

Changed

- Updated GreenLake references to align with current branding and terminology standards.

- Updated Supplemental Services QuickSpecs content for consistency and accuracy.

20-Apr-2026

Version 13

Changed

Added eLearning offering links in HPE Education Services section

20-May-2024

Version 12

Changed

Overview, Standard Features, Configuration Information and Technical Specifications sections were updated

Added reference to Cray XD and links to related QuickSpecs and configuration guides

19-Feb-2024

Version 11

Changed

Networking product names were updated.

18-Dec-2023

Version 10

Changed

HPE Services Rebranding

17-Apr-2023

Version 9

Changed

Addition of Analog Optical Cable SKUs and 2-switch group.

Overview, Standard Features and Configuration Information sections were updated

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Standard Features and Configuration Information sections were updated

20-Dec-2021

Version 7

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Standard Features section was updated

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Version 6

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Name of the QS was changed

Overview section was updated

Service and Support section was updated.

04-Oct-2021

Version 5

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Added information throughout on HPE Slingshot NICs plus overall edits

Overview, Standard Features, Configuration Information and Technical Specifications sections were updated

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Version 4

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Configuration Information section was updated

07-Jun-2021

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